Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. K. Rowling

Choosing to live in narrow spaces leads to form of mental agoraphobia and that brings its own terrors. I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters, they are often more afraid. What is more, those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude through our own apathy.

J. K. Rowling

Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.

J. K. Rowling

Perfection is not necessary to make a real and lasting difference to other people's lives.

J. K. Rowling

A tiny little wooden man [was] slowly ascending the steps to a real set of gallows, both perched on a box that read: Reusable Hangman — Spell It Or He’ll Swing!

J. K. Rowling

You know, I don’t get why Fred and George only got three O.W.L.s each,” said Harry, watching as Fred, George, and Lee collected gold from the eager crowd. “They really know their stuff. . . .” “Oh, they only know flashy stuff that’s no real use to anyone,” said Hermione disparagingly. “No real use?” said Ron in a strained voice. “Hermione, they’ve got about twenty-six Galleons already. . . .

J. K. Rowling

Then she was kissing him as she had never kissed him before...and it was blissful oblivion, better than firewhisky; she was the only real thing in the world.

J. K. Rowling

To the Dark Lord, I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret. I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can. I face death in the hope that when you meet your match, you will be mortal once more. R.A.B

J. K. Rowling

Or perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make your real friends. Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends.

J. K. Rowling

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

J. K. Rowling

I sat and thought for four (delayed train) hours, and all the details bubbled up in my brain, and this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard became more and more real to me.

J. K. Rowling

One of the many things I learned at the end of that Classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of 18, in search of something I could not then define, was this, written by the Greek author Plutarch: What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. That is an astonishing statement and yet proven a thousand times every day of our lives. It expresses, in part, our inescapable connection with the outside world, the fact that we touch other people’s lives simply by existing.

J. K. Rowling

... you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!

J. K. Rowling

But people only die in proper duels, you know, with real wizards. The most you and Malfoy’ll be able to do is send sparks at each other. Neither of you knows enough magic to do any real damage. I bet he expected you to refuse, anyway.” “And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?” “Throw it away and punch him on the nose,” Ron suggested.

J. K. Rowling

Those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters, for without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves we collude with it through our apathy.

Ivan Krastev

Authoritarianism is not pretending anymore to be a real alternative to democracy, but we can see many more authoritarian practices and styles basically being smuggled into democratic governments.

Ivan Reitman

The real trick for me as a director is to make sure that people don't start pushing because the harder you push as a perform the less funny it becomes.

Ivan Reitman

I call it like the domino theory of reality. If you can go one step at a time and it seems to make sense, you can then take your audience into an area that is relatively outlandish.

Ivan Reitman

A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.

H. L. Mencken

Religion is a conceited effort to deny the most obvious realities.

H. L. Mencken

Bridges would not be safer if only people who knew the proper definition of a real number were allowed to design them.

H. L. Mencken

The real man lies in the depths of subconscious.

H. L. Mencken

It is, indeed, one of the capital tragedies of youth-and youth is the time of real tragedy-that the young are thrown mainly with adults they do not quite respect.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

It's not often that you get a chance in one role to do the glamour bit and then strip off all the makeup and reveal the real person beneath the façade. Usually, it's either a glamorous role or a raw, emotional role.

Guillaume Apollinaire

In this mirror, I am enclosed a live and real as you. Imagine angels and not like the reflections.

Guillermo del Toro

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness…

Guillermo del Toro

I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film...

Guillermo del Toro

In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.

Greg James

'm starting to get a swimming physique, which I'm very pleased about, because for me that's the most appealing male physique. It's not show-y off-y Mr Muscle, "Look how much I can bench." It's just a real lean, athletic figure and it doesn't look like you try too hard. When you see people who have huge biceps, it looks like they're in the gym all day. But I think there's a difference between looking muscly and being fit.

Greg Kinnear

Whenever Hollywood gets involved with real life events, certain liberties have to be taken.

Greg Kinnear

The irony is that you can't use real rain to make movies.

Greg Kinnear

'Little Miss Sunshine' was one of those small movies that you don't hold out huge hope for. It's usually found in small pockets. But, it ended up getting a real following and worked out pretty well.

Grace Helbig

I feel like I have no real solid plans like, "this is what I'm going to do and I will do it by 2017" or whatever.

Grace Helbig

I have terrible taste in things: music, movies, TV shows. I love all the guilty pleasures: Bravo, Real Housewives.